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INTRODUCTION
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CHAPTER 1
“LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS, OH MY!”
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Joanna’s
tale
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Barry’s
tale
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Joe’s
tale
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Harry’s
tale
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Maria’s
tale
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What’s
going on here?
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What does it mean?
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What makes
social anxiety a disorder?
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Situations
that trigger social anxiety |
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How
many SA/SPers are there? |
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Test
yourself for social anxiety disorder
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Are worry
and an anxiety disorder?
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What about stress
disorder?
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Effect of culture on
social anxiety
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Effect of culture on
social anxiety
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Being
overwhelmed by social stressors
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CHAPTER
2 DISSECTING SA/SP - WHAT IT IS & ISN’T
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What
are its social characteristics?
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How
are shyness, high sensitivity
& introversion related? |
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Assessing
the place of embarrassment & shame
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Differentiating overlapping disorders
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CHAPTER
3 SEARCHING FOR ORIGINS AND TRIGGERS
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How
does social anxiety originate?
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What
are its predisposing factors?
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How developmental factors affect you
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Looking
at childhood upbringing and experiences
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How cumulative stress impacts you
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What triggering mechanisms do
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CHAPTER
4 KEEPING SOCIAL ANXIETY GOING
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What
are maintaining mechanisms?
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When “anxiety”
isn’t anxiety
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Drugs,
medications, and environmental toxins
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CHAPTER
5 APPROACHING RECOVERY
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How others
respond to you
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Aiming
at recovery versus cure
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Finding
the key to motivation
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Making
the recovery decision
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Starting
the decision-making process
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Formulating
risk-taking decisions
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Problem
solving model
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Change
guidelines
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Need for
balance
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CHAPTER
6 TARGETING AROUSAL
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What
does psychological treatment entail?
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Relaxing
with physical techniques
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Relaxing
with cognitive-emotional techniques
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CHAPTER
7 MODIFYING THOUGHTS AND BEHAVIORS
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What
is cognitive therapy?
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How
do we detect these cognitive errors?
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Fear
Defense Statements
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Coping
with panic attacks
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What
is cognitive-behavioral therapy?
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Safety
behaviors
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How
effective is cognitive-behavioral therapy?
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Individual
versus group therapy
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What
really goes on in CBGT?
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CHAPTER
8 BECOMING SOCIALLY EFFECTIVE
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What
is social effectiveness?
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How
is communication involved?
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Pinpointing
barriers to communication
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Improving
your oral communication
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Spotting
thinking preferences
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Responding
to interpersonal cues
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Why
is listening important?
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How
to listen effectively
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Active
listening skills |
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Why is
image essential?
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Grabbing
attention with nonverbal behaviors
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Anything
more on verbal behaviors?
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Creating
the 30-second grabber
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Applying
public speaking image tips
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CHAPTER
9 SHARPENING PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS
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What
is assertiveness?
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How
to assess assertiveness
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Simplifying
assertiveness skills
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Declaring
your personal rights
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Dealing
with procrastination
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How
is self-esteem important?
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Joanna's
self-esteem exercise |
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How
to raise your self-esteem
Self-efficacy evaluation
Raising self-efficacy |
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Reducing
disappointment
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Recognizing
your anger
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Controlling
anger
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Saying “goodbye”
to anger
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Embracing
anger guidelines
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Forgiving
parents and moving on
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CHAPTER
10 NAVIGATING THE MEDICATION MAZE
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“Eye of
newt and toe of frog”?
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Prescribing
for children and adolescents
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Reviewing
medications
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Getting
hold of psychotropic drugs
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Locating
drug assistance programs
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Receiving
Social Security Disability Insurance
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What about
Supplemental Security Income?
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CHAPTER
11 MOVING FROM LONELINESS TO DATING
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How
prevalent is loneliness?
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How
lonely are you?
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Is
all loneliness the same?
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What it’s like to be chronically lonely
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Treating
loneliness
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Making friends, approaching dating
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Where
to meet people
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"Coming out"
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How to "come out"
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CHAPTER 12 OVERCOMING SWEATING, BLUSHING, BUSY BLADDER &
IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME |
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What
causes excessive sweating?
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What
causes severe blushing?
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Curing
sweating and blushing with ETS
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Addressing
the bashful bladder
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Addressing the bashful bladder
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
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Treating
with supplements and natural products
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Is
the answer to SA/SP in the inner ear?
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Is
the answer in the eyes?
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Interacting
with pets
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Overcoming insomnia
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CHAPTER 13 ACCESSING PROFESSIONALS AND RESOURCES
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How can you tell if it’s time to seek help?
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Looking
for a clinician
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What
to do for the first visit
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What
to expect on the first visit
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Characteristics
of effective therapists
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How
does therapy work?
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Dealing
with a therapist or a best friend?
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Researching
insurance coverage
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Locating professional & other organizations |
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Tapping
into research programs
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Providing
family help and support
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Accessing online resources
Ten Commandments for overcoming SA/SP
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INDEX
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